Foreign body venous transmigration to the heart

Foreign body venous transmigration to the heart.

Despite its rarity, foreign body lodging into the major peripheral vein due to trauma can travel to central vein and even to the heart. Progressive proximal movement of foreign body should alert clinicians of the possibility of foreign body migration in the vein.

Metallic Foreign Body in the Lung Due to Gunshot Injury

A 37 - year- old man came to the hospital with a history of penetrating thoracoabdominal trauma due to gunshot wound in 10 days before. He underwent laparatomy and hepatorrhaphy in that time and right sided chest tube was inserted. Chest CT scan revealed metallic foreign body in lung tissue due to bullet burst. Right thoracotomy was performed and metallic foreign body extracted from lung tissue

Do foreign bodies migrate through the body towards the heart?

UNLABELLED Fixation of foreign bodies (FB), in the mucosa, can favor its migration, giving origin to the popular saying: 'FB walk to the heart'. AIM Describe the mechanisms involved in FB migration and how to diagnose them. METHODOLOGY From a sample of 3,000 foreign bodies, during 40 years, we analyzed four which had extra-lumen migration. We analyzed clinical, radiologic, endoscopic and ul...

A Foreign Body Inside the Pulmonary Artery After Heart Transplantation.

A 40-year-old man with a history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, progressive dyspnea and refractory ascites was referred to our hospital for heart transplantation. The patient underwent heart transplantation successfully from female donor who died of intracranial hemorrhage. After heart transplantation, the patient recovered uneventfully and discharged 1 month later. By chance, we found a linea...

Portal venous gas secondary to a penetrating foreign body of the stomach.